weigh
//weɪ//
Forms
- present (v1)
- weigh
- past (v2)
- weighed
- past participle (v3)
- weighed
- present participle
- weighing
- 3rd person singular
- weighs
- Plural
- weighs
Definitions
1.To determine the weight of an object.
- Can you weigh this, please?
2.Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
- He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client.
3.To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
- He took a long time weighing his options.
- You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
- As they started picking features, customers would carefully weigh the choices, but as decision fatigue set in they'd start settling for whatever the default option was.
4.To consider a subject.
- Can you weigh this, please?
1.The act of weighing, of measuring the weight
- Give the sugar a quick weigh.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2722
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English weyen, from Old English wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”).
Cognates